yellow jack

yellow jack
pl. (esp. collectively) jack, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) jacks for 3.
1. Informal. See quarantine flag.
2. Pathol. See yellow fever.
3. any carangoid fish, esp. a Caribbean food fish, Caranx bartholomaei.
[1830-40, Amer.]

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